Fruits Basket Fan Fiction ❯ The Pain of Love ❯ Chapter 8
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By: Klove0511 
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 01.19.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.0K | Visits: 478 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Fruits Basket Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 01.19.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.0K | Visits: 478 | Status: Work In Progress
Bleh. I'm really starting to dislike my chapters. Unfortunately, the declining readership seems to confirm my fears that they're getting progressively worse. And it's another short chapter. I'm sorry. On the other hand, this one is considerably longer than it was when I first wrote it. So I guess you can all be thankful about that. Anyway, thanks for my sole reviewer. The rest of you can jump in on the reviews anytime, you know. If you don't want to leave a bad review or something then e-mail me. My e-mail is on my profile. I don't want to beg for reviews. I'm not going to stop updating because I don't get them. I'm just frustrated because if I don't get any feedback at all I don't know what I need to change to write stories that ARE good and worthy of good reviews. So come on, help me out.
Chapter 8
Kyo came down from the roof for dinner, and noticed that Yuki looked unusually distraught throughout the meal. Immediately after dinner, Kyo walked up to the rat and looked at the ground, obviously nervous.
“Um, Yuki? Can I ask you something?”
Yuki looked at Kyo in surprise. He couldn’t remember the last time the cat had called him “Yuki” if indeed he ever had. Not only that, but Kyo wasn’t trying to pick a fight, he wasn’t complaining about something, and he didn’t even look angry. Could he be sick? “Um, sure, Kyo, what’s on your mind?” Yuki asked, uncomfortable with the relatively calm atmosphere between the lifelong enemies.
“Well, I kind of wanted to ask you about yesterday. And why she ended up out where Akito could find her. I figured the two of you must have had a fight, and I wanted to know if maybe I could help or something,” Kyo mumbled, his eyes fixed on his feet. “You know, like talk to her for you or something.”
Yuki was shocked, and he immediately became suspicious. Kyo had never once offered to help him with anything. From the first day they had met, Kyo had done nothing but initiate fights and claim he hated the rat. “Why do you say that, you stupid cat?” Yuki asked, hoping that if nothing else, provoking the cat would make things seem more normal. He also decided to not bother correcting Kyo on the reason Tohru had run off. The less the cat knew the better, he figured.
Kyo clenched his fist in frustration. He knew he deserved the insult, but it still irked him that Yuki would be so rude when all he was trying to do was help. ‘This is for Tohru,’ he thought to himself, though it did surprisingly little to calm him. Finally, he managed to bite out, “I ask because Tohru deserves to be happy. If you two had a fight, then she’s not happy. Since she obviously isn’t interested in me, I figured I’d lend you a hand.”
Surprised by Kyo’s answer, Yuki tried again to irritate the cat and mumbled just loud enough for Kyo to hear, “Idiot.”
“You damn rat! How dare you insult me when I was just trying to help! She should be HAPPY. And right now, it’s obvious she isn’t. So go make her happy!” Kyo exploded before storming off to his room, outraged that Yuki had thought so little of him.
Yuki stood stock-still in shock. Had he heard right? He couldn’t believe that he could have. Because if he had heard correctly, then Kyo was being selfless, completely selfless. He was giving up a chance to be with Tohru for the sake of her happiness. Silently he turned and entered the living room where Tohru continued to sleep.
Once more by her side, Yuki found himself lost in thought, just as all others in that room had been that day. ‘He obviously loves her. And, more than likely, she loves him. I really should just step out of the way; let them be together. But Kyo thinks she loves me. Does she? I mean, she didn’t try to push me away when I kissed her. She ran when I said Kyo had seen us. Surely that doesn’t necessarily mean that she loves him. After all, she ran after him the night Shishou took off Kyo’s beads. She was probably just concerned about what he would think. Obviously, she didn’t catch him, or else he wouldn’t be thinking we’d had a fight. So, I kiss her, she runs after the stupid cat to explain what happened, gets lost, and finds Akito instead. Kyo was telling the truth last night when he said he hadn’t seen her. But then, why would he have lied about that? Unless he did that to her. No. That’s utterly ridiculous to suspect him after what he just said to me. What could cause him to think that she loved me though? One kiss? That seems a little unreasonable. He does seem to be closer to her at times though, perhaps she confessed it to him. That would certainly explain why he seems so sure about her feelings. It would also explain why he’s willing to step aside. He knows he has no chance with her. Of course, I don’t think he ever really had a chance, but that’s beside the point. The point is that she told him she loves me. But why didn’t she say anything after I told her I loved her? Maybe she realized her feelings afterward, and then she was too nervous to confront me about it. That sounds like something she would do. In that case, I probably shouldn’t push her too much. I’ll let her tell me in her own time.’
Having made this decision, Yuki shifted position and settled in to keep an eye on Tohru for a while before he went to bed.
Chapter 8
Kyo came down from the roof for dinner, and noticed that Yuki looked unusually distraught throughout the meal. Immediately after dinner, Kyo walked up to the rat and looked at the ground, obviously nervous.
“Um, Yuki? Can I ask you something?”
Yuki looked at Kyo in surprise. He couldn’t remember the last time the cat had called him “Yuki” if indeed he ever had. Not only that, but Kyo wasn’t trying to pick a fight, he wasn’t complaining about something, and he didn’t even look angry. Could he be sick? “Um, sure, Kyo, what’s on your mind?” Yuki asked, uncomfortable with the relatively calm atmosphere between the lifelong enemies.
“Well, I kind of wanted to ask you about yesterday. And why she ended up out where Akito could find her. I figured the two of you must have had a fight, and I wanted to know if maybe I could help or something,” Kyo mumbled, his eyes fixed on his feet. “You know, like talk to her for you or something.”
Yuki was shocked, and he immediately became suspicious. Kyo had never once offered to help him with anything. From the first day they had met, Kyo had done nothing but initiate fights and claim he hated the rat. “Why do you say that, you stupid cat?” Yuki asked, hoping that if nothing else, provoking the cat would make things seem more normal. He also decided to not bother correcting Kyo on the reason Tohru had run off. The less the cat knew the better, he figured.
Kyo clenched his fist in frustration. He knew he deserved the insult, but it still irked him that Yuki would be so rude when all he was trying to do was help. ‘This is for Tohru,’ he thought to himself, though it did surprisingly little to calm him. Finally, he managed to bite out, “I ask because Tohru deserves to be happy. If you two had a fight, then she’s not happy. Since she obviously isn’t interested in me, I figured I’d lend you a hand.”
Surprised by Kyo’s answer, Yuki tried again to irritate the cat and mumbled just loud enough for Kyo to hear, “Idiot.”
“You damn rat! How dare you insult me when I was just trying to help! She should be HAPPY. And right now, it’s obvious she isn’t. So go make her happy!” Kyo exploded before storming off to his room, outraged that Yuki had thought so little of him.
Yuki stood stock-still in shock. Had he heard right? He couldn’t believe that he could have. Because if he had heard correctly, then Kyo was being selfless, completely selfless. He was giving up a chance to be with Tohru for the sake of her happiness. Silently he turned and entered the living room where Tohru continued to sleep.
Once more by her side, Yuki found himself lost in thought, just as all others in that room had been that day. ‘He obviously loves her. And, more than likely, she loves him. I really should just step out of the way; let them be together. But Kyo thinks she loves me. Does she? I mean, she didn’t try to push me away when I kissed her. She ran when I said Kyo had seen us. Surely that doesn’t necessarily mean that she loves him. After all, she ran after him the night Shishou took off Kyo’s beads. She was probably just concerned about what he would think. Obviously, she didn’t catch him, or else he wouldn’t be thinking we’d had a fight. So, I kiss her, she runs after the stupid cat to explain what happened, gets lost, and finds Akito instead. Kyo was telling the truth last night when he said he hadn’t seen her. But then, why would he have lied about that? Unless he did that to her. No. That’s utterly ridiculous to suspect him after what he just said to me. What could cause him to think that she loved me though? One kiss? That seems a little unreasonable. He does seem to be closer to her at times though, perhaps she confessed it to him. That would certainly explain why he seems so sure about her feelings. It would also explain why he’s willing to step aside. He knows he has no chance with her. Of course, I don’t think he ever really had a chance, but that’s beside the point. The point is that she told him she loves me. But why didn’t she say anything after I told her I loved her? Maybe she realized her feelings afterward, and then she was too nervous to confront me about it. That sounds like something she would do. In that case, I probably shouldn’t push her too much. I’ll let her tell me in her own time.’
Having made this decision, Yuki shifted position and settled in to keep an eye on Tohru for a while before he went to bed.